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Throughout the forties and fifties, the work prospered thanks to a large Sunday School ministry. Sunday afternoons would often see as many as 300 or more children packed into the chapel under the sound of the gospel. In those days the assembly also benefited from the ministry of visiting preachers including [[Mel Wistner]], [[H. A. Ironside]], [[C. Ernest Tatham]], [[Jack Wyrtzen]], [[David Kirk]], [[Alfred Perks Gibbs|Alfred P. Gibbs]], [[Frederick Tatford]] and others.
Missionary [[David Long]], home from Angola during the war years, was a tremendous help in the early days. Other resident workers include Alison and Margaret Welch who came in 1948 and remained for over thirty yearsthree decades. They were followed by several others, Including Mark and Laurie Strout before the arrival in 1994 of the latter’s parents, Richard and Virginia Strout, preceded by their son Mark, arrived in 1994 and who continue to the present time.
The assembly carries on today, fewer in number and older as to median age. The Lord’s Supper is celebrated weekly followed by ministry of the Word.
